Hi Carsten, On 4/22/25 12:21 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
On 2025-04-21, at 22:54, Jean Mahoney <jmaho...@staff.rfc-editor.org> wrote:o Once the authors have approved the copy edits, we convert the file to RFCXML and make formatting updates.Hi Jean, Just out of curiosity: Why is “formatting updates” considered to be the realm of XML (while content, understandably, is markdown)? (Maybe I don’t understand “formatting updates”.)
[JM] This is based on feedback we have received from authors where they want to see the content edited first in the markdown and then the formatting (e.g., updates to list formats, table layouts) can happen in the XML file.
I think it would be helpful for the authors, though, for the RPC to make the formatting updates in the markdown (e.g., changing a bulleted list to a definition list) after the copy edits so that the authors can keep their markdown aligned, then the RPC creates the RFCXML file at the end of the process. There would still be a few formatting updates to make in the RFCXML file: adding displayreference if needed, boilerplate updates, etc.
Best regards, Jean
Grüße, Carsten
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